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Acacia (wattle)
Taxonomy
Acacia was named by Miller (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Mimosaceae by Knowlton (1919), Chauhan (1991); to Leguminosae by Knowlton (1899), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000); and to Fabaceae by Prasad (2008).
It was assigned to Mimosaceae by Knowlton (1919), Chauhan (1991); to Leguminosae by Knowlton (1899), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000); and to Fabaceae by Prasad (2008).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. abyssinica, A. albida, A. aquilonia, A. ataxacantha, A. ciliolata, A. dendroplanolobium, A. dimidiato-cordata, A. drepanolobium, A. giraffae, A. hockii, A. lahai, A. lockii, A. meillifera, A. meillifora, A. melanoxylon, A. mellifera, A. nilotica, A. pennata, A. poluacantha, A. polyacantha, A. reficiens, A. rovumae, A. senegal, A. seyal, A. sieberiana, A. tenuifolia, A. uninervifolia
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Acacia Miller |
| 1899 | Acacia Knowlton |
| 1919 | Acacia Knowlton |
| 1976 | Acacia Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Acacia Chauhan |
| 1996 | Acacia Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Acacia Mabberley |
| 2008 | Acacia Prasad |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Acacia Miller 1758 [wattle]
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†Acacia bulbosa Jordan 1997
†Acacia eosericata Prasad 1994
†Acacia lamarensis Knowlton 1899
†Acacia macrosperma Knowlton 1899
†Acacia mahengense Herendeen and Jacobs 2000
†Acacia oregoniana Lesquereux 1888
†Acacia septentrionalis Lesquereux 1873
†Acacia wardii Knowlton 1899
†Acacia wilcoxensis Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (86 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Tanzania | Acacia mahengense (31499) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Acacia lamarensis (24198) Acacia macrosperma (24157) Acacia wardii (24154) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | China (Liaoning) | Acacia aquilonia (223815) | |
| Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | Acacia sp. (32287 32294 32295) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Panama | Acacia sp. (32394 32397) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Uganda | Acacia dendroplanolobium, Acacia mellifera, Acacia nilotica (22405) Acacia drepanolobium, Acacia lahai, Acacia mellifera, Acacia pennata, Acacia lockii (22344) Acacia drepanolobium, Acacia polyacantha, Acacia reficiens, Acacia senegal (22343) Acacia lahai (22422) Acacia mellifera (22400 22430) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Acacia eosericata (222797) | |
| Messinian | Kenya | Acacia mellifera (22274) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (La Paz) | Acacia uninervifolia (32129) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (Potosi) | Acacia uninervifolia, Acacia dimidiato-cordata, Acacia tenuifolia (32127 32143) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Acacia sp. (22335) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Acacia sieberiana, Acacia ciliolata, Acacia nilotica (22091) Acacia sp., Acacia hockii, Acacia nilotica, Acacia poluacantha, Acacia rovumae, Acacia seyal, Acacia sieberiana (22090) Acacia sp., Acacia nilotica (22094) Acacia sp., Acacia nilotica, Acacia rovumae, Acacia sieberiana (22092) Acacia sp., Acacia nilotica, Acacia sieberiana, Acacia albida, Acacia ataxacantha, Acacia abyssinica, Acacia giraffae, Acacia polyacantha (22346) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya | Acacia meillifera, Acacia nilotica (21478) Acacia meillifera, Acacia nilotica, Acacia meillifora (21401) Acacia nilotica, Acacia meillifora (21461) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Acacia equivalents (172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884) Acacia sp. 1 (169451) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Tanzania | Acacia sp. (21975) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Acacia sp., Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia bulbosa (166707) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Acacia sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924) | |
| Quaternary | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Acacia sp. (228775 228778) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Acacia sp. (228785 228789) | |
| Quaternary | India (Gujarat) | Acacia sp. (228786) | |
| Quaternary | India (Maharashtra) | Acacia sp. (228787) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Acacia sp. (228761) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Acacia sp. (22629) Acacia sp., Acacia albida (22337) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Acacia sp. (168896) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Assam) | Acacia sp. (228759) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Acacia sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168755) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Acacia sp. (168937) | |
| Holocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Acacia sp. (228788) | |
| Holocene | India (Rajasthan) | Acacia sp. (228790) |